Parliamentary questions

Vacant Properties

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

260. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a report on the initiatives being taken to bring vacant properties back into use in Carlow; the number brought back into use in Carlow; the number of properties that applied for the vacant property scheme by town in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24204/24]

Vacant Properties

Marian Harkin

261. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Croí Cónaithe grants that have been approved in each Donegal local electoral area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24213/24]

Departmental Reviews

Violet-Anne Wynne

262. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the progress made in respect of the review into the differential rent administered by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23553/24]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

263. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what grants or supports are available to a person with intellectual disabilities owing to an injury (details supplied), where the individual received a substantial compensation award on foot of this injury and whose assessed income therefore disqualifies them for social housing; whether this award can be excluded for the purposes of income assessment; what non-means tested housing supports are available to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23561/24]

Departmental Data

Mattie McGrath

264. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all funding provided by his Department to Clonmel town under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23568/24]

Departmental Data

Mattie McGrath

265. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all funding provided by his Department to Nenagh town under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23569/24]

Departmental Data

Mattie McGrath

266. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all funding provided by his Department to Clonmel town since the abolition of the borough council ten years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23570/24]

Departmental Data

Mattie McGrath

267. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all funding provided by his Department to Nenagh town since the abolition of town councils ten years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23571/24]

Local Authorities

Róisín Shortall

268. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will respond to the contents of a news article (details supplied) regarding Dublin City Council tenants having to live with extensive mould and damp in their homes for long periods of time; the steps his Department is taking to ensure that local councils can better address these issues for their tenants; if he has engaged with Dublin City Council in recent times in relation to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23591/24]

Legislative Measures

Louise O'Reilly

269. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Planning and Development Bill 2023 provides that applicants seeking planning permission to build one-off family homes on land owned by them will have a legal right to pre-planning meetings with local planners and to necessary site visits from them. [23595/24]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Michael Lowry

270. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 16 May 2024, the progress made to date in implementing the actions, committed to in the Strategic Action Plan for the Renewal of the National Parks and Wildlife Service 2022-2024, relating to the establishment of a structured stakeholder forum, and first meeting of forum held which was due to be implemented by September 2022; the membership and terms of reference of the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23643/24]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Gould

271. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average all-in development costs for one-bed bungalows and low-rise apartment blocks delivered under the SHIP, Part V, CALF and CAS schemes in 2023, in tabular form. [23680/24]

Local Authorities

Thomas Gould

272. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Cork County Council has been limited to only taking a €75,000 equity share in Rathealy Close, Fermoy. [23681/24]

Departmental Data

Pa Daly

273. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of targeted and delivered social and affordable homes in Kerry for the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [23709/24]

Animal Culls

Brendan Smith

274. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that persons licensed to cull deer will be able to continue such services and that such licences will not just be made available to large-scale operators and exclude one-person licensed services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23719/24]

Sport and Recreational Development

Steven Matthews

275. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 14 May 2024, the position regarding the licence for a club (details supplied) applied for through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23726/24]

Fire Service

John Brady

276. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on plans to move all retained firefighters to a fortnightly pay cycle; if he can provide, in tabular form, details on each fire authority when they moved to a fortnightly cycle; when it is planned to be implemented for all outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23733/24]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

John Brady

277. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on plans to complete the removal of invasive species such as cherry laurel from the Glen of the Downs nature reserve; to provide details of financial costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23734/24]

Invasive Species Policy

John Brady

278. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on plans to remove invasive species in the State; to provide, in tabular form, the projects undertaken for each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23735/24]

Departmental Policies

John Brady

279. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on plans for nature rewilding; the details of State-funded projects between 2020 and 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23736/24]

Turbary Rights

Thomas Pringle

280. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is any restriction on the exercise of the turbary right of turf cutting on lands included in Lough Nillan Bog (Carrickatlieve) SAC and Lough Nillan Bog SPA, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23743/24]

Departmental Programmes

Denise Mitchell

281. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding for the caravan loan scheme for 2024 will be allocated to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23776/24]

Departmental Data

Patrick Costello

282. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full and part-time staff, broken down by grade, working in the Residential Tenancies Board for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23777/24]

Departmental Data

Patrick Costello

283. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of whole-time equivalent Residential Tenancies Board minimum rental standards inspectors, per local authority, for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23778/24]

Local Elections

John Paul Phelan

284. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reasons for his decision to increase the spending limits for local election candidates; the information he considered before making this decision; the extent of any consultations or research he conducted before reaching his decision; and the total number of candidates who spent in excess of €12,000 at the 2019 local elections. [23793/24]

Island Communities

Christopher O'Sullivan

285. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider invoking the special policy planning regulation for county development plans in relation to planning on the islands due to their unique housing requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23830/24]

Departmental Data

Darren O'Rourke

286. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of increasing the social housing retrofitting over a five-year period, rising incrementally between 20% in year 1, by 30% in year 2, by 50% in year 3, by 75% in year 4 and by 100% in year 5, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23865/24]

Departmental Data

Darren O'Rourke

287. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of increasing the social housing retrofitting budget by 50%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23866/24]

Housing Schemes

Cian O'Callaghan

288. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a planned affordable housing scheme (details supplied) is no longer going ahead despite the new homes being advertised; if the local authority is obligated to advertise that the scheme is no longer going ahead for people who were waiting to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23926/24]

Recycling Policy

Aindrias Moynihan

289. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline, with regard to his Department's removal of tents in Dublin and the recent moving of asylum applicants, what measures are being taken to ensure that these tents are being recycled or environmentally disposed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23927/24]

Electoral Process

Patrick Costello

290. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities will publish the specific address of political candidates; the actions his Department have taken to clarify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23956/24]

Electoral Process

Cian O'Callaghan

291. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 18 October 2022, if he will provide an update on the Government’s response to TRIS notification numbers 2022/376/IRL and 2022/184/IRL; the details and a timeline of plans to amend the Electoral Reform Act 2022 to address the issues raised by these TRIS notifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24048/24]

Vacant Properties

Marian Harkin

292. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Croí Cónaithe grants that have been approved for Donegal to date; the number of Croí Cónaithe grants that have been approved for each local electoral area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24049/24]

Departmental Programmes

Ivana Bacik

293. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the current maximum remediation option grant of €420,000 by 10% as provided for in the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 to account for increased building costs; when he intends to review the level of the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24055/24]

Departmental Programmes

Ivana Bacik

294. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will implement the updated costs report from an organisation (details supplied) received by his Department on 29 March 2024 to ensure that grants under the defection concrete blocks scheme account for increased construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24056/24]

Departmental Programmes

Ivana Bacik

295. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the changes he plans to make to the defective concrete block scheme; if he will ensure the cost of replacing foundations is provided for; the action he intends to take to address the presence of pyrite and pyrrhotite in aggregates within poured concrete foundations and the risk that these will cause future damage to rebuilt homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24057/24]

Ministerial Appointments

Mattie McGrath

296. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of meetings held by each Minister in his Department with each of two organisations (details supplied), since the formation of the Government on 27 June 2020 and to date in 2024. [24092/24]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Brendan Smith

297. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Nature Advisory Committee, as recommended in the 2021 Review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, will be established; the reason such a delay has occurred in establishing this committee which can provide a structured forum for consultation with stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24100/24]

Wildlife Regulations

Brendan Smith

298. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress to date in establishing a sustainable hunting of wild birds stakeholder forum; the timeline for its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24101/24]

Wildlife Conservation

Paul Murphy

299. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there has been any purchases of tenant in situ properties where there were issues of pyrite since the scheme commenced. [24105/24]

Wildlife Conservation

Paul Murphy

300. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has been contacted by Fingal County Council to request delegate sanction to purchase properties for applications that have been refused under the tenant in situ scheme (details supplied). [24106/24]

Wildlife Conservation

Paul Murphy

301. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has used delegate sanction to allow the council to purchase properties that had some repairs. [24107/24]

Wildlife Conservation

Paul Murphy

302. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant in situ applications that were purchased, refused and withdrawn since the commencement of this scheme; and if, in the interest of transparency, he will compile this, as the local authorities are not providing this detailed information. [24108/24]

Departmental Data

Steven Matthews

303. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the review of the suite engineering qualifications declared under section 160 of the Local Government Act 2001; the membership of the expert panel established as part of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24122/24]

Grant Payments

Seán Sherlock

203. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position with replacing or improving the terms and conditions for the housing aid and housing adaption grants as operated by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23357/24]

Grant Payments

Seán Sherlock

204. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount drawn down by each local authority for the housing aid, housing adaption and mobility grants; if the moneys have been paid for this year; if local authorities are seeking additional funding; the breakdown, by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23358/24]

Local Authorities

Patrick Costello

205. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if extra resourcing will be provided to local authorities to allow for the hiring of additional dog wardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23387/24]

Local Authorities

Patrick Costello

206. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider creating a centralised funding mechanism for the dog warden service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23392/24]

Building Regulations

Patrick Costello

207. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what additional steps he has taken in relation to the recommendations of the ‘Respiratory Health Among Residents of Oliver Bond House’ report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23397/24]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Éamon Ó Cuív

208. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the last time the wind energy development guidelines were updated; if it is intended to issue revised guidelines, taking into account the increasing size of wind turbines and the need to ensure these guidelines cover offshore wind farm developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23434/24]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

209. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media platforms; the names of the online platforms involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23449/24]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Brendan Griffin

210. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residences the NPWS owns in Killarney, County Kerry; the number of these that are currently occupied, unoccupied or uninhabitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23464/24]

State Bodies

Róisín Shortall

211. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what is required of officials working for An Bord Pleanála in respect of disclosing any connections they, either through themselves or through family members, may have to organisations or companies involved in planning or housing construction; the measures currently in place to ensure that members of An Bord Pleanála disclose any potential conflicts of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23471/24]

Wastewater Treatment

Brendan Smith

212. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position regarding an application submitted by a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23482/24]

Housing Provision

Bernard Durkan

213. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of affordable/rentable houses likely to accrue to Kildare County Council through Part 8/Part 5 of the planning process; the number of such houses completed or near completion; if 10% or 20% is the appropriate number of houses likely to be available for reletting by the planning authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23511/24]

Local Authorities

Brendan Griffin

96. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount contributed to the local government fund, per local authority area, in 2023; the amount received, per local authority area, from the local government fund in the same year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23301/24]

Building Energy Rating

Darren O'Rourke

97. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the retrofitting of social housing, the number of heat pumps installed in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the average cost of these installations in per year, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the pre and post-BER assessments following heat pump installation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23011/24]

Building Energy Rating

Darren O'Rourke

98. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the retrofitting of social housing; the number of local authority homes retrofitted in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the average cost of these retrofits in per year, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the pre- and post-BER assessments of these retrofits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23012/24]

Building Energy Rating

Darren O'Rourke

99. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the number of social authority homes that have been retrofitted with solar PV panels in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the average cost of these retrofits in per year, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the pre- and post-BER assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23013/24]

Departmental Budgets

Cian O'Callaghan

100. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that the recommendation made in the Parliamentary Budget Office’s Publication 24 of 2024 are included in future revised estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23085/24]

Planning Issues

Niall Collins

101. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23100/24]

Approved Housing Bodies

Eoin Ó Broin

102. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the revised guidance note on approved housing body submissions for the revised cost rental equity loan, currently being drafted by the Housing Agency, will be published. [23109/24]

Departmental Reports

Eoin Ó Broin

103. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Housing Commission Report will be published before the Dáil summer recess in July. [23110/24]

Housing Policy

Duncan Smith

104. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that persons such as pensioners who are eligible to purchase their dwellings under the tenant purchase scheme, are allowed to avail of SDA-type loans, especially where they have additional fixed income along with their pensions, which augments their repayment capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23119/24]

Building Regulations

Richard Bruton

105. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any regulations which require that a multi-unit residential building should have adaptations made to make access more convenient for a resident with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23240/24]

National Parks

Brendan Griffin

106. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the roadside fence at the new Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara Ciarraí in Inch (details supplied) will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23288/24]

Housing Schemes

Cian O'Callaghan

336. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of units delivered under the buy and renew scheme in each year since 2016; the total cost in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22339/24]

Housing Policy

Matt Shanahan

337. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports available for persons in the following situation (details supplied). [22380/24]

Local Authorities

Cian O'Callaghan

338. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planners currently employed in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22386/24]

State Bodies

Cian O'Callaghan

339. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planners currently employed in An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22387/24]

Planning Issues

Steven Matthews

340. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the proposal to amend planning regulations to allow homeowners to install small bike sheds in front of their properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22418/24]

Defective Building Materials

Joe McHugh

341. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeowners transferring from the old scheme to the new scheme under the defective blocks legislation who are due money back; the number who have been paid to date; to give an indication as to when the homeowners who are owed money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22421/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses that have been purchased in each local authority where tenants had received a notice to quit in each year. [22470/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

343. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses that have been purchased with the use of a local authority home loan in each local authority in each year. [22471/24]

Housing Provision

Peadar Tóibín

344. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the core targets for each local authority in terms of house building; and the number that have been built in each local authority to date. [22472/24]

Housing Provision

Peadar Tóibín

345. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason core targets for house building are being enforced as caps. [22483/24]

Vacant Sites

Thomas Gould

346. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the latest data on the amounts levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed, and the number of sites on each register, for the vacant sites levy, by local authority, in tabular form, for 2023. [22514/24]

Derelict Sites

Thomas Gould

347. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the latest data on the amounts levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed, and the number of sites on each register, for the derelict sites levy, by local authority, in tabular form, for 2023. [22515/24]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Thomas Gould

348. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide all data available on the CPO activation programme launched in April 2023. [22531/24]

Housing Provision

Holly Cairns

349. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the number of social homes acquired through long-term leasing in Cork; to provide detail on the length and cost of each leasing agreement, from 2020 to date, by year and local area, in tabular form. [22543/24]

Housing Provision

Holly Cairns

350. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the number of social homes acquired through long-term leasing in Kerry; to provide detail on the length and cost of each leasing agreement, from 2020 to date, by year and local area, in tabular form. [22544/24]

Approved Housing Bodies

Róisín Shortall

351. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is acceptable for an approved housing body (details supplied) to ask one of its tenants to cover the cost of an attic conversion in a situation in which there is additional housing need due to overcrowding; if this is Department policy; whether it applies to all approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22556/24]

Housing Policy

Michael Healy-Rae

352. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if the universal cost ceilings for housing have been updated since they were issued by his Department in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22587/24]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

353. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline, given that applicants for social housing require a demonstrated connection to the area in which they are applying, how somebody (details supplied) who has recently received a stamp 4 visa, despite having lived without documentation in Dublin city for the past 12 years in various hostels, demonstrated eligibility; and what documentation will be required for them to establish eligibility for social housing in order that they can find housing. [22613/24]

Local Authorities

Kathleen Funchion

354. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine an anomaly within local authorities in the recruitment of engineer grades (details supplied); if there will be a review of the current situation given that many local authorities are struggling to fill and attract talent to skilled roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22666/24]

Legislative Process

Catherine Connolly

355. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the marine protected areas Bill 2022; the timeline for publication of the Bill, which was promised by quarter 1 of 2024; the reason for the delay in publication; the expected timeline for the Bill's passage through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22678/24]

Planning Issues

Rose Conway-Walsh

356. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of purpose-built childcare facilities that have been built each year since the introduction of the Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Childcare Facilities issued as ministerial guidelines under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; the number of childcare facilities that became operational; the number that remain operational today; the reason there has not been a purpose-built childcare facility for each 75-dwelling development since the introduction of the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22698/24]

Departmental Circulars

Eoin Ó Broin

357. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will issue a circular to local authorities providing guidance on the issue of social housing tenants in Part V units and access to communal facilities in multiple-unit developments to ensure fair access to communal facilities for all residents in line with the Part V objective of promoting social integration in mixed-tenure developments. [22699/24]

Departmental Websites

Catherine Murphy

358. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to develop a website that offers the same benefits as a website (details supplied) for persons to report issues in the public realm. [22813/24]

Defective Building Materials

Cathal Crowe

359. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if foundations will be included in the IS 465 review with respect to the defective concrete blocks scheme. [22818/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

360. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in relation to the Housing Agency’s Housing First policy, acknowledging that hostel accommodation is unsuitable for some individuals recovering from substance addictions, how an individual who is receiving residential treatment for addiction, but who is not approaching housing through the housing list, can find accommodation suitable to their addiction journey after their time in residential treatment comes to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22833/24]

Housing Policy

Louise O'Reilly

361. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if individual local authorities have any discretion in terms of social housing tenants being able to transfer into a property, whether AHB or council owned, in a different local authority area. [22852/24]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

362. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is responsible for introducing renewable acceleration areas into planning law; if so, when this will be done; and if it will require primary legislation or regulations. [22853/24]

Planning Issues

Thomas Gould

363. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Part V acquisitions and leases are executive or reserved functions. [22867/24]

Regeneration Projects

Noel Grealish

364. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated timeframe for when the next round of urban regeneration and development funding is to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22889/24]

Housing Policy

Mairéad Farrell

365. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 14 May 2024, the reason HAP tenants who avail of inter-authority movement can only be offered access to the transfer list of the originating local authority; and if he will consider issuing a circular to allow for flexibility and discretion around this for local authorities. [22916/24]

Housing Schemes

Duncan Smith

366. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in any updates to the affordable housing scheme, he would consider increasing the threshold for single-parent families based on the number of dependants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22923/24]

Housing Provision

Pearse Doherty

367. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a new housing development at the Gallows Lane in Lifford, County Donegal, is to be used as social housing; if not, if there is another intended use for it; when it is expected people will be housed there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23003/24]

Housing Policy

Marian Harkin

188. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the usual timeframe for an eviction notice to be issued and executed. [22266/24]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Gould

189. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP inspections carried out, the number that failed on first, second, third and so on, visit in 2023, by local authority, in tabular form; the action being taken against landlords who are refusing to carry out works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22136/24]